Thanks David for the information about CPR and absolutely I hope I don't ever need it and you don't need to perform it on me! You do make a good point about a good skill to have, actually it's a good skill for other people to have as well!! Hard to believe the BeeGees are pretty much all gone.

@Karen...they were actually born in England, but moved to Australia as kids. And once they got famous they moved back to England. There was a 4th brother Andy who died young. So there is only one left now (Barry).

I love their early stuff, once they got to the high pitched stuff I lost interest, but I must admit "Stayin' Alive" is catchy

On the subject of CPR, they've been decreasing the breaths...used to be 5, then 2 (to 30 compressions, which is what you use "Stayin' Alive" for), now they are optional and I think about to be removed completely. I'd rather not have to do CPR on you (or anyone) but if it does ever happen I'll sing "Stayin' Alive" to you. If you get up and run off screaming, I'll know I've got you going again... :-))

Everyone should do CPR, I get a first aid refresher every 3 years care of my job, but having done it I would pay for it myself if I had to, it's a good set of skills to have.

@seaEE I am the conference director for DESIGN West and first had a good laugh at your idea and then thought "hey wait" this could actually be very cool. If you'd like to join our loosely formed planning group for all things fun at next year's event, drop me a line at karen.field@ubm.com

@Janine, @Max it DOES work, and the editing is really good. Did the original clips have the same timing? I doubt it. So have they changed the speed of them to fit the music? Or just taken the bits that happen to fit? They do change often, annoyingly so sometimes, so maybe it's the latter.

Max, I'm with you on the Beegees, Their early stuff was really good (First of May, Words, Don't Forget to Remember, Spicks and Specks, etc) before they started the high pitched stuff. A really good movie with lots of early Beegees music was "Melody", about two schoolkids falling in love in London in the 60's. Difficult to find, but there are a few on Ebay.

Almost anyone who has done a CPR course will have been told that "Stayin' Alive" gives you almost the exact rhythm for your chest compressions. I always hum it in my head during my annual retest and I haven't got it wrong yet!

I admit I did smile, but I also screwed my eyes shut so as not to forever taint the pristine memory of the original Staying Alive song. Man that was a close call! The good news is that if a video like that can be created, is world peace not possible? :) I mean, even if you derated that video 80% you could still achieve world peace. And now I am thinking about Max's propellor Beanie. Couldn't a mod be done on it to turn it into a mini disco-ball beanie? A wireless mesh network of disco balls with built in strobe LEDs...it boggles the mind. All the engineers at the next conference dancing to Nights on Broadway. It would be like a disco version of Drew Carey's Cleveland Rocks, crowds spilling out into the streets.

Sheesh, I just come up with a genius idea like that and it appears I still have the rank of a CEO. That ought to qualify me as a Lecturer.

@betajet: Reminds me of the the Professor Challenger story "When the World Screamed" (1928), by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

I never read that one -- but I'm remembering one by either Brin, Bear, or Benford about the Earth "waking up" and becoming a thinking entity... can't recall the title ... I thought it was "Earth" but the review on Amazon doesn't seem to match my recollection

In conjunction with unveiling of EE Times’ Silicon 60 list, journalist & Silicon 60 researcher Peter Clarke hosts a conversation on startups in the electronics industry. One of Silicon Valley's great contributions to the world has been the demonstration of how the application of entrepreneurship and venture capital to electronics and semiconductor hardware can create wealth with developments in semiconductors, displays, design automation, MEMS and across the breadth of hardware developments. But in recent years concerns have been raised that traditional venture capital has turned its back on hardware-related startups in favor of software and Internet applications and services. Panelists from incubators join Peter Clarke in debate.